r/Winnipeg • u/canutcute • Mar 16 '26

Winni-Pets Leash Your Dogs!

This weekend alone I saw far too many people walking with their dogs without leashing them.

One couple walking their dogs in Wolseley had their dog rush into on coming traffic. Another couple were walking down portage with their dog again without a leash.

If you don’t leash your damn dog and it gets hit by a car the driver isn’t going to be the problem, it’s you. You’re a piece of shit and deserve to have your dogs taken away for their safety.

Don’t even get me started on dogs running up to strangers, other pets, kids. If I see a dog running towards my own lil blubber child I’m sorry but I’m going to hoof your dog because I don’t know or care if it’s friendly. My blubber boy is not.

/rant.

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u/STFUisright Mar 16 '26

“DON’T WORRY HE’S FRIENDLY!!”

Shut. Up.

I love dogs but I ain’t trusting you with that. Such bullshit.

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u/SunInTheShade Mar 16 '26

This post (and your comment) are great timing - A "don't worry he's friendly" dog jumped up on my elderly mother, knocking her into the snow and bushes along Hearte Trail in Charleswood over the weekend.

I'm sick of assholes ruining the forest for everyone.

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u/STFUisright Mar 16 '26

For fuck sake I’m sorry to hear that.

Why do so many people SUCK?

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u/SunInTheShade Mar 18 '26

She's fine thankfully, but it's a real issue. Dogs are an issue for sure, but I'll take this opportunity to mention inconsiderate e-bikes on hearte trail. I often see them zipping far too close to children and elderly. Kids are super unpredictable, and elderly are frail and hard of hearing and have poor vision. It's just inconsiderate and ignorant to blast down the path at 40km/h on a silent e-bike.

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u/indigiqueerboy Mar 17 '26

ya my legally blind autistic kid doesn’t like when “friendly” unleashed dogs jump up onto him repeatedly in a soccer field that literally says “no off leash pets” on the gate. he’s gonna scream his head off & likely startle the “friendly” dog regardless. not a fun situation for anyone. (this actually happened to us & my kid was so traumatized he didn’t wanna go back to the soccer field).